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One of the biggest problems that organizations and utilities face in the water infrastructure face is making people aware that they even exist. One organization, Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor - a partnership of water sector companies, is trying to "make universal water access …
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Ross: Taking the US example, I was recently reading Fortune magazine, which is one of the major business magazines in the US. I was looking at where Fortune 500 companies, these are massive global companies, are located. And certainly, if you’re in a state or a city or municipality that has …
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Ross: Yes, one of the things that we've explored here in New Zealand in a 15-year plus journey of asset management planning that’s been legislated with several changes and amendments along the way, is when we originally started, we started with asset management plans. That was very asset …
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DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE COPY NOW This is the eBook version of the Ask-the-Experts webinar, the fourth in the series, that Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held on 5 November 2015. Below are the topics covered in this eBook: Simplifying Infrastructure Asset ManagementSimple Infrastructure …
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Ross and Grant tackled the next slide, which features Peter Drucker's questions. They explained how these relate to doing infrastructure asset management. Ross says: I think many of you will know about Peter Drucker who was one of the management gurus of the last century and only passed …
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Many U.S. states faced water shortage and drought conditions through 2015. This was partly to do with water sources (such as groundwater or snowpack levels) and partly to do with water and infrastructure management with these sources. USA Today has produced a list of the eight most severely …
"America's Salad Bowl", California's Salinas Valley, is facing a slightly different problem from the rest of the drought-strike state - the problem of having water when nobody else does. This water comes from a single source — Salinas Valley groundwater. What is going to happen by way of …
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In the earlier post, Grant and Ross were talking about "Taking the Right Path to Infrastructure Asset Management Success" and here's the continuation of the conversation. Grant: And I think that’s the risk that certainly some people is like trying to keep to the speed limit, if they’re …
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At this point, Ross presented the slide that has a famous quote of T.S. Eliot as they continue to talk about finding the right direction in undertaking asset management. Grant says: Thanks, Ross. Really one of my favorite quotes from T.S. Eliot, “If you don’t know where you’re going, any …
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Ross Waugh and Grant Holland held the "If I Was Starting Again" Infrastructure Management Discussion webinar on 16 September 2014. They talked about the challenges and best practices in the industry. Inframanage.com is publishing the transcript through a series of blog posts. After …
Douglas County, Colorado has relied on water from shallow aquifers that lie beneath the western prairies for generations. This water has been very inexpensive and now is beginning to run dry. The county commission has set itself a new goal, which is to convince residents to stop using the ancient …
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A few days ago the American electric car maker Tesla announced details of its Model 3 car, priced from USD $35,000. The Model 3 will also be available in some more countries, including New Zealand where I live. Seating 5 adults, and with a range of 215 miles (346 km) per charge the Model 3 is …
